Bridges Health Partners (“Bridges”), is a newly formed collective of four regional health systems located in western Pennsylvania (Butler Health System, Excela Health, St. Clair Hospital Corporation, and Washington Health System), which has formed and jointly invested in the creation of three inter-related entities: a clinically integrated network “CIN”, a subsidiary Medicare accountable care organization “ACO”, and a population health services organization “PHSO”. Bridges Health Partners is dedicated to supporting physician-led care teams across its four partner health systems to provide high quality, low cost care to target populations of patients.

The Bridges Health Partners LLC (CIN) has been established to operate as the membership entity for participating providers, groups, and hospitals. The Medicare ACO LLC will be a subsidiary of the CIN and will hold the Medicare Shared Savings Program contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). All other payer contracts will be held through the CIN. The CIN and Medicare ACO will contract directly with the PHSO to manage the common staffing, quality programs, technology, and infrastructure that enables the organizations to successfully operate.

Board-certified M.D. or DO with at least seven years of clinical experience.

A minimum of five years of progressive experience in pay-for-performance, shared savings, or value-based managed care/capitated contract arrangements.

Continuous quality improvement experience in clinical process design.

Knowledge and experience in information technology systems used in population health across the continuum would be ideal.

Demonstrated ability to lead complex change management efforts, inclusive of bringing several distinct organizations and cultures together to achieve a common purpose.

The vision of Bridges Health Partners is to collaborate as health system peers to improve the health of our patients and our region through a physician-led organization focused on: Patient experience, efficiencies, quality, and outcomes improvement.The Medical Director will be responsible for developing and leading the implementation of strategic initiatives for the CIN/ACO in collaboration with the Executive Director, CIN/ACO Board of Governors and PHSO Board of Managers (“Boards”) and the CIN/ACO Board Operating Committees. This individual will be responsible for maintaining and building relationships across the network and orienting participating providers to Clinical Integration (CI) concepts and processes. The Medical Director will routinely interact with other members of the Bridges CIN/ACO/PHSO leadership team, Board committees, and provider network, including physician leaders at all four of the founding member organizations. The Medical Director will support the network through the significant organizational changes that will be required to build a population health management infrastructure and culture. This role also is involved in the strategic planning and growth of the CIN/ACO business.

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